Thai - Cambodia Conflict Thai Workers Flock Back to Cambodia Despite Border Tensions

[webfact]

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Nearly 200 Thai nationals are eager to return to work in Cambodia, despite recent border clashes. The jobs, often linked to call-centre fraud, online gambling scams, and casinos, are drawing workers back as tensions ease.

 

Police General Trairong Pewpan has confirmed the workers' hopes to cross back into Cambodia, particularly to Poipet and other areas they previously worked in.

 

Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau chief, Pol. Lt. Gen. Trairong Pewpan, revealed that these Thai workers have applied for safe passage back to their previous workplaces.

 

Many are involved in call-centre rackets and casino operations. Despite last week's border conflict, a ceasefire has been agreed upon, and the workers anticipate a return to normalcy.

 

Of those who returned to Thailand, only 74 have chosen not to go back to Cambodia. This reveals the allure these illegal operations still hold, despite ongoing suppression efforts.

 

The continuation of such activities preying on unsuspecting victims highlights the challenges authorities face in combating these scams.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Thai Newsroom 2025-07-31

 

 

[ukrules]

I'm pretty sure they didn't declare that they work in illegal call centers so it sounds like someone is making stuff up.

Also, what's wrong with working in a casino in a place where they are legal?

Laws stop at the border, you can't reach over the border and apply your laws elsewhere.

[mfd101]

9 hours ago, ukrules said:

Also, what's wrong with working in a casino in a place where they are legal?

Laws stop at the border, you can't reach over the border and apply your laws elsewhere.

Fine, but a sensible Thai government might think that working on 'call-centre fraud' & 'online gambling scams' that target back home (ie Thailand) needs discouraging. 10 years in klink perhaps?

[ukrules]

41 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Fine, but a sensible Thai government might think that working on 'call-centre fraud' & 'online gambling scams' that target back home (ie Thailand) needs discouraging. 10 years in klink perhaps?

 

Well scamming is already illegal. they just need to enforce their laws in both countries.
 

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

I thought all Thai/Cambo border crossings were closed. How are these people 'flocking back'?

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

The jobs, often linked to call-centre fraud, online gambling scams, and casinos, are drawing workers back as tensions ease.

Don't you just love the Chinese

[GreasyFingers]

13 hours ago, webfact said:

Many are involved in call-centre rackets and casino operations. Despite last week's border conflict, a ceasefire has been agreed upon, and the workers anticipate a return to normalcy.

 

Of those who returned to Thailand, only 74 have chosen not to go back to Cambodia.

Does this mean that all of those stories about horrifying conditions at these call centres are not true.

[black tabby12345]

 

Nearly 200 Thai nationals are eager to return to work in Cambodia, despite recent border clashes. The jobs, often linked to call-centre fraud, online gambling scams, and casinos, are drawing workers back as tensions ease.

 

 

 

Some Thais are willingly working for the scam business?

Not all of them are victim of human trafficking forced into illicit jobs.

 

 

[kuma]

On 7/31/2025 at 5:02 AM, ukrules said:

I'm pretty sure they didn't declare that they work in illegal call centers so it sounds like someone is making stuff up.

Also, what's wrong with working in a casino in a place where they are legal?

Laws stop at the border, you can't reach over the border and apply your laws elsewhere.

Amen, please advise the angloshere and eu of this actual entrenched international law norm , since it is they who are always (over) reaching